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... Limestone -Caves in and underneath Lava- " Crystal Cellars " -Rock - shelters -Sea - caves . 250 266 CHAPTER XIV BASINS . • Basins due to Crustal Deformation - Crater - lakes - Dissolution Basins - Lakes formed by Rivers - Æolian Basins ...
... Limestone -Caves in and underneath Lava- " Crystal Cellars " -Rock - shelters -Sea - caves . 250 266 CHAPTER XIV BASINS . • Basins due to Crustal Deformation - Crater - lakes - Dissolution Basins - Lakes formed by Rivers - Æolian Basins ...
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... Limestone Alps ( E. Fraas ) 113 47. Section across the Diablerets ( Renevier ) 113 48. Section across Dent de Morcles ( Renevier ) 114 Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) 49. Inversion and Overthrust in the Mountains South of the ...
... Limestone Alps ( E. Fraas ) 113 47. Section across the Diablerets ( Renevier ) 113 48. Section across Dent de Morcles ( Renevier ) 114 Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) 49. Inversion and Overthrust in the Mountains South of the ...
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James Geikie. vals among great successions of marine strata ; in other places , limestones , evidently of oceanic origin , were found entering into the framework of lofty mountains far removed from any sea . It was these and similar ...
James Geikie. vals among great successions of marine strata ; in other places , limestones , evidently of oceanic origin , were found entering into the framework of lofty mountains far removed from any sea . It was these and similar ...
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... limestone , of which there are count- less varieties — some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral - reefs of ancient seas ; while yet others are obviously chemical ...
... limestone , of which there are count- less varieties — some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral - reefs of ancient seas ; while yet others are obviously chemical ...
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... limestone ; s , sandstones and shales . The great bulk of the derivative rocks being of sedimentary origin , it is obvious that they must have been at the time of their formation spread out in ap- proximately horizontal layers upon the ...
... limestone ; s , sandstones and shales . The great bulk of the derivative rocks being of sedimentary origin , it is obvious that they must have been at the time of their formation spread out in ap- proximately horizontal layers upon the ...
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accumulation Alpine Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds boulder-clay Carboniferous character cirques cliffs coast-lines coasts configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments feet fiords flow fluvio-glacial fluvio-glacial deposits folds gently geological structure glacial action glacial erosion glaciers gradually ground-moraines hills hollows horizontal strata ice-flow ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints kind laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds materials mer de glace modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains névé normal faults Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand sandstone schistose schists SECTION sediment slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic wind